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A 2017 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics noted that 54.3% of prisoners and 35% of jail inmates who had experienced serious psychological distress in the past 30 days have received mental health treatment since admission to the current facility, and 63% of prisoners and 44.5% of jail inmates with a history of a mental health problem ...
Advocates urge release of Tarrant County inmate with mental health issues. Cody Copeland. May 7, 2024 at 6:32 PM. Chris Torres/ctorres@star-telegram.com. Several Tarrant County residents speaking ...
One Bureau of Justice Statistics survey in 2004 found that 55% of male inmates and 73% of female inmates self-reported a mental health problem. The Sentencing Project, in their 2007 Briefing Sheets, also report that 73.1% of women in prisons have a mental health problem. [ 36]
Parents of Jillian Ludwig, Matt Ludwig and Jessica Ludwig, hold hands as they listen during the debate over “Jillian’s Law” at Tennessee Capitol in Nashville , Tenn., Monday, April 15, 2024.
BOR, 14th. 1975. Drope v. Missouri. When deciding whether to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency, the court must consider any evidence suggestive of mental illness, even one factor alone in some circumstances. Therefore, the threshold for obtaining a competency evaluation is low.
OSHKOSH – An inmate from a state prison mental health facility could be facing a life sentence following an attack that led to the eventual death of another prison resident.. Jumal Lipscomb, 41 ...
A program launched in Broward County, Florida was the first court, to be recognized and published as a specialized mental health court. Overseen by Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, the Broward County Mental Health Court was launched in 1997, partially in response to a series of suicides of people with mental illness in the county jail.
Jun. 22—Oklahoma inmates who are mentally incompetent to stand trial often wait longer than a year in county jail for treatment. But Rogers County has partnered with Grand Mental Health to ...